Accountability Starts Here!

Tell me how I’m wrong.

Really, this is your chance.

In a Facebook thread, Councilmember Diana Souza accused me of making assumptions and “twisting things”. I’ve been very critical of Souza’s 7 years in the Council, so it’s not surprising that she feels that way. But is she right? I demand accountability from my elected officials, surely my readers have the same right to demand it from me.

I do make assumptions. I have to. When the City – or its officials – fail to be transparent, the only way to fill in the gaps is to guess what they are hiding. And I also make a lot of predictions – what will happen if the City stays in this cause of action. I, of course, remember the ones I get right (the demise of Fresh & Easy and now the Patch, the Supreme Court rejecting the city’s RLUIPA’s claims – though the lawyer for the City took a different approach than I predicted), but surely I’ve gotten some wrong too.

So let’s hold me accountable. What have I gotten wrong, and what have I “twisted”, to use Souza’s words?

Please, be specific enough that I can understand and answer your claim, if need be.